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Today, Nov. 1, is Día de los Muertos. It’s a time when people celebrate the lives of those who've passed on -- a time to remember family members, close friends, pets, even strangers, perhaps all of humanity.
The Mexican American holiday holds a special place for many people as a way to grieve those who have died and keep their memory alive.
People usually celebrate with an ofrenda or offering altar that has photos of their loved ones, their favorite meals, orange marigolds, pan de muerto[bread for the dead, dead bread, soul cake offerings], sugar skull candies, and other items that have special meaning to those being remembered.
Home altar feels like Halloween
In celebration of the holiday, LAist.com asked readers: "What is a memory of a loved one you would like to share for Día de los Muertos?"
LAist heard from people across Southern California about those favorite moments. This digital ofrenda is meant to highlight those memories.
Offerings (ofrendas) to benefit the deceased who are grateful to be remembered by the living
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Photos of the dead on home altar
Joanne Pineda of Monterey Park (a small city in the San Gabriel Valley of LA County) has made a tradition of celebrating Día de los Muertos with her family. She said she’ll always remember the time when her dad asked her mom to dance to Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon” in the living room.
“Thinking about it now really brings me tears because it just brought them so much joy. It brought them close together,” Pineda said. “For me to be there, to see that, how special it was to them I just think about it all the time.” More
David Rodriguez and Gillian Morán Pérez, LAist.com, "Angelenos are celebrating Día de los Muertos. Here’s who they’re honoring today," Nov. 1, 2025; Crystal Q., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
(Telemundo English) Started streaming Oct. 31, 2025: The spirit of Halloween is on full display as West Hollywood hosts its iconic Halloween Carnival. #Hollywood#Halloween
What is American Halloween (Hallow's Eve)?
Scare away the bad spirits with spooky items.
Halloween is also known as All Hallows' Eve [9] and All Saints' Eve [10]. It is a celebration observed in many countries on October 31st, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.
It is at the beginning of the observance of Allhallowtide [11], the time in the Christian liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints ("hallows"), martyrs, and all the faithful departed (souls) [3][12][13].
In popular culture, Halloween has become a celebration of horror and is associated with the macabre and the supernatural [12][14], the gory, gruesome, magical, and morbid.
One theory holds that many Halloween traditions were directly influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which are believed to have pagan (pre-Christian European) roots [15][16][17][18].
Some theories go further and suggest that Samhain may have been Christianized as All Hallows' Day, along with its eve, by the Church [19][1][20].
Other academics say Halloween began independently as a Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hallows' Day [21][22][23][24].
Celebrated in Ireland and Scotland for centuries, Irish and Scottish immigrants brought many Halloween customs to North America in the 19th century [25][26]. Then, through American influence, various Halloween customs spread to other countries by the late 20th and early 21st century [14][27].
Popular activities during Halloween include
trick-or-treating (or the related guising and souling),
attending gaily feted costume parties,
carving pumpkins and turnips into spooky jack-o'-lanterns,
lighting bonfires,
apple bobbing,
divination games,
playing pranks,
visiting haunted houses and attractions,
telling frightening stories, and
watching horror flicks and Halloween-themed films [28].
Some Christians practice the observances of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead [29][30][31], although it is a secular [32][33][34] or even demonic and Satanic celebration for others.
Historically, many Christians abstained from meat on All Hallows' Eve, a tradition reflected in the eating of traditional vegetarian foods on this day, including apples, potato pancakes, and soul cakes [35][36][37][38]. More
Samhain (SOW-in) or Sauin is a Gaelic festival in Ireland that falls on the Mexican Day of the Dead, Nov. 1st, marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year [1].
It is also the Irish and Scottish Gaelic name for November. Celebrations begin on Halloween, the evening of October 31st, since the Celtic day began and ended at sunset [1].
This is about halfway between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice. It is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals along with Imbolc, Bealtaine, and Lughnasa.
Historically it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Its Brittonic Celtic equivalent is Calan Gaeaf in Wales. More
The Citizens of Halloween: "This is Halloween" (from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas")
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(BbaGumpSkrimp) The Making of The Nightmare Before Christmas
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
It was a time of innocent childishness and evil.
Remember waiting all October for Linus to see the Great Pumpkin? This Halloween classic wasn’t just wholesome—it changed American (and Canadian) TV forever. From hidden gags to production secrets and the real reason it almost got banned, here are 10 wild facts about It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! most people didn’t know. Relive the magic of a simpler time. More
As the Buddhist Rains Retreat (Vassa) period is ending with a giant celebration of Kathina in Los Angeles, Halloween is just kicking off at the Hollywood Bowl with Danny Elfman presents Disney presents Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas (LIVE). It is a spectacular psychedelic show with live classical music performances, voice actors, a female violin solo, a rock band doing old Oingo Boingo songs as the encore, and lots of amusing music. The Oogie Boogie song got a new performer after the passing of the former voice actor, and he did a magnificent job of some kind of jazz blues low bass reminiscent of Kelsey Grammar singing his show's opening song or The Grinch song.
At such a festive time in Asia with Kathina (end of the Rains Retreat celebration, Buddhism's Carnivale/Easter) and Diwali (Festival of Lights), the Occident settles in for the foggy time of mystery, the cooling months of irritated monsters (who seem to dwell in the massive cave U.S. systems that correspond to many unsolved missing persons cases) and hungry ghouls (yakkhas, rakshasas, ogres, some Sasquatches, jinn, giants, nagas, petas, shapeshifters), the strengthening and fattening time before the frost kills off the weak.
We're sicker and poorer with Medicare Advantage (fake Medicare)
Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Elvira: How burned girl became sexy Mistress of the Dark
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Celebrate the vibrant and beloved Mexican holiday with Mattel Corporation's new Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Collection.
Barbie doll looks luminous wearing a long, black ruffled gown with intricate, colorful detailing and embroidered sugar skulls. Her orange headband highlights her updo and evokes the festival's iconic marigold flowers.
Calavera (skull) face paint and bright pink accessories complete her festive look. While sold separately, both Barbie [Beltran] and Ken [Castro] dolls wear complimentary patterns, making them a perfect set and the ultimate keepsake that inspires joy and elegance.
Barbie® Dia de Muertos doll
designer: Javier Maebe. Label: Black
Face Sculpt: Lina
Body Type: ModelMuse. Includes certificate of authenticity to avoid cheap knockoffs. Barbie Club 59 members get a deal. Buy Día de Muertos Barbie doll at MattelCreations.com while supplies last. During this time, the doll may also be available at participating Target and Walmart locations, as well as Amazon.com, Target.com, and Walmart.com. Dolls cannot stand alone. Doll stand included. Colors and decorations may vary. Purchase limits subject to change at the sole discretion of Mattel. SKU#: HRM72
(NBCLA) Take a peek at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, an amusement park where many scary things were once filmed for the big studio system.
It's that time of year again when The Veil is thin between the worlds/dimensions and the dead mingle with the living. What we call the Halloween season is Obon in Buddhist Japan, Samhain in Celtic Ireland, and Dia de Los Muertos in Mexico and Latin America.
These ancient beliefs and customs are linked to some reality, not just make believe swept away by a colonial missionary religion that says no to heathen paganism and tries to enforce worship of its imperial deity.
Obon (お盆 [1]) or just Bon (盆 [2][a]) is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's deceased ancestors. This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, known as Bon Odori. More: Obon
Why has the day of All Hallows Eve — Hallowe’en — devolved into a day of fun and fear? How was this once-Holy Day commemorated before it was all commercialized into a sexy and scary night? Is it possible to discover the roots of this day and observe it in its original fashion today?
My circle of friends attempted to answer these questions. We determined that we’d need to dig up whatever historical facts [like Sir Frazer's The Golden Bough] we could find that show how this day was commemorated before the Year 1700, more or less.
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (retitled The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion in its second edition, gutenberg.org)
Though we couldn’t be 100% certain, we at least assumed that “commercialization” didn’t really exist in 1700. All of the European and some American commemorations before that year probably retained some semblance of what the day was originally all about. So, first, let’s begin with the day.
It is believed that the ancient Celts observed something called a “Samhainfestival” toward the end of October. The World Book Encyclopedia states: “The Celts believed that the dead could walk among the living at this time.”
During Samhain (pronounced \sao-in\), the living could visit with the dead. Elements of the customs can be traced to a Druid ceremony in pre-Christian times.
The Celts had festivals for two major gods — a sun god and a god of the dead (called Samhain), whose festival was held on Nov. 1st, the beginning of the Celtic New Year. More: The Roots of Hallowe’en
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